STATE v. WOODS

No. 57.

179 S.E.2d 358 (1971)

278 N.C. 210

STATE of North Carolina v. Earline WOODS.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 10, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Robert Morgan, Asst. Atty. Gen. William W. Melvin, and Trial Atty. Donald M. Jacobs, Raleigh, for the State.

Robert M. Davis, Salisbury, for defendant appellant.


SHARP, Justice:

Defendant brings forward only assignments of error relating to the charge. Assignments Nos. 3 and 6 require discussion.

The portion of the charge which is the subject of Assignments No. 3 follows:

"Where a killing is shown to be intentional, and without legal provocation, and without just cause or excuse or where the killing is shown to be done with a deadly weapon, or in a cruel or in a brutal manner, then the law implies that it was...

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